Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reveals Trump’s Greenland plans at Davos

Reside on stage in Davos, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined President Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland and defined why the world is essential to US nationwide safety.

“I feel the president has a really robust view on safety within the Western Hemisphere and believes that the USA shouldn’t outsource our nationwide safety,” Bessent advised FOX Enterprise’ Maria Bartiromo on the World Financial Discussion board on Tuesday. “He believes Greenland is important for the Golden Dome missile defend.”

“The president is worried that if an invasion of Greenland have been to happen, the USA can be known as upon to defend Greenland. Greenland is changing into more and more enticing to international conquest,” he continued. “And he strongly believes that it ought to be a part of the USA to keep away from a battle, fairly than involving the US and exposing it to a sizzling battle.”

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Scott Bessent speaks throughout a press convention exterior the USA Home on the World Financial Discussion board (WEF) annual assembly in Davos on January 19, 2026. (Getty Photos)

The world’s largest island has change into a strategic prize — one which caught President Donald Trump’s consideration lengthy earlier than most People paid consideration to it. A semi-autonomous Danish area, Greenland is dwelling to a serious US navy base and has change into more and more vital to world safety and commerce as melting ice opens new transport routes and entry to pure sources.

That shift underlines the intense geopolitical calculation behind Trump’s curiosity within the island’s location, its navy worth and the quickly altering Arctic.

President Trump, who has pushed for the US to amass Greenland, continued to press the problem early on Tuesday.

“I had an excellent phone dialog with Mark Rutte, the Secretary Basic of NATO, about Greenland. I agreed to a gathering of the totally different events in Davos, Switzerland. As I mentioned very clearly to everybody: Greenland is essential for nationwide and world safety. There is no such thing as a turning again – everybody agrees on that!” the president said partially from a Truth Social post.

“There’s a probability that the US will change into embroiled, uncovered to a kinetic battle if one other nation invades Greenland,” Bessent continued, “and no nation will declare management of Greenland if the US controls Greenland.”

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“I inform everybody, ‘Sit again, take a deep breath. Do not retaliate. Do not retaliate,'” Bessent mentioned. “The president shall be right here tomorrow and he’ll ship his message.”

Trump will communicate on the annual assembly of the World Financial Discussion board on Wednesday. Bessent mentioned he believes Trump has additionally deliberate conferences in Davos to debate Greenland and inspired folks to “preserve an open thoughts” concerning the “why” of this “speedy response.”

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Amanda Macias and Alex Nitzberg of Fox Information contributed to this report.